Widely tunable polarization-independent all-optical wavelength converter using a semiconductor optical amplifier

MWK Mak, HK Tsang, K Chan - IEEE Photonics Technology …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report a polarization-independent widely tunable four-wave mixing wavelength
converter using polarization diversity and broad-band orthogonal pumps in a single …

Frequency-conversion efficiency independent of signal-polarization and conversion-interval using four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

CM Greco, F Martelli, A D'Ottavi… - IEEE Photonics …, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we demonstrate that four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers, with
the use of two orthogonal-polarized pumps in a polarization-diversity scheme, allows …

All-optical wavelength translation over 80 nm at 2.5 Gb/s using four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier

TJ Morgan, RS Tucker… - IEEE Photonics …, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wavelength conversion using conventional single pump four-wave mixing in semiconductor
optical amplifiers is limited to wavelength shifts of a few tens of nanometers due to the …

Polarization-insensitive phase conjugation using single pump Bragg-scattering four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

A Sobhanan, D Venkitesh - Optics Express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We explain the generation of four wave mixing (FWM) components at the front and back
facets of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) based on the Bragg-scattering from the …

Analyses of semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) four-wave mixing (FWM) for future all-optical wavelength conversion

FD Mahad, ASM Supa'at, SM Idrus, D Forsyth - Optik, 2013 - Elsevier
Four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is currently one of the
most attractive and promising wavelength conversion techniques for the all-optical future …

Study of polarization-insensitive wave mixing in bulk semiconductor optical amplifiers

I Zacharopoulos, I Tomkos, D Syvridis… - IEEE photonics …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A detailed experimental investigation of polarization-insensitive dual-pump wave mixing in
bulk, polarization-insensitive semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is reported …

SOA‐based polarity‐preserving all‐optical wavelength conversion at 80Gbit/s: Wide conversion range, well dynamic characteristics and polarization insensitive

S Yan, JG Zhang, W Zhao - Microwave and Optical Technology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This letter presents the effective design of a tunable 80 Gbit/s wavelength converter with a
simple configuration consisting of a single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and an …

Wide-band polarization-free wavelength conversion based on four-wave-mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Y Hong, PS Spencer, KA Shore - IEEE journal of quantum …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wide-band polarization free wavelength conversion based on four-wave mixing in
semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) subject to two pump beams has been studied in …

Widely tunable four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers with constant conversion efficiency

TJ Morgan, JPR Lacey… - IEEE Photonics …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The conversion efficiency and output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of single-pump four-wave
mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is strongly dependent on …

L-to U-Band Wavelength Conversion of QPSK Signals Using Intermodal Four-Wave Mixing

V Vitali, KRH Bottrill, TD Bucio, H Liu… - IEEE Photonics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Efficient and broadband all-optical wavelength converters represent key components for the
development of next-generation optical communications systems. We demonstrate here L-to …